Public Notice
Alaska Coastal Management Program
Dated February 9, 2009

Dalton Highway Improvements
Your Opportunity to Comment

Project Title/State ID#:
Dalton Highway Improvements
AK 0902-04AA

Applicant/Agent:
Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities - Northern Region

Review Schedule (50 days):
Day 1: 2/9/09
Comments due on or before: 3/10/09
Final determination issued by: 3/30/09

How you can participate:
This project is being reviewed for consistency with the Alaska Coastal Management Program. Your comments on the proposed project's consistency must be submitted in writing to the Division of Coastal and Ocean Management (DCOM). Comments about inconsistency must identify the relevant enforceable policy and explain how the project is not consistent with that policy.

Deadline for written comments: 5:00 PM on March 10, 2009

Contact:
Peter Boyer, Project Review Coordinator Alaska Coastal Management Program, DCOM 550 W. 7th Ave, Suite 705, Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-334-2542 Fax: 907-269-3981
Email: peter.boyer@alaska.gov
Web site: http://www.alaskacoast.state.ak.us/

Project Description:
The project subject to this consistency review includes proposed road improvements between MP 260-321 of the Dalton Highway. The beginning of the project (MP 260) is located 85 miles north of Coldfoot, Alaska. Project details include culvert replacements and grade increases at six stream crossings, replacing a culvert crossing with a new bridge, and raising the grade of the highway between MP 311.7-314 (near the Sagavanirktok (Sag) River). The purpose of the project is to preserve and extend the service life of the highway, enhance highway safety, provide adequate fish passage, and improve localized drainage.

Scope of Project to be Reviewed:
The scope of the project to be reviewed is the discharge of 709,250 cubic yards (cy) of fill into 59 acres of waters of the U.S. for road construction and material site development. Proposed road construction includes culvert replacements and grade increases at six stream crossings, replacing a culvert crossing with a new bridge, and raising the grade of the Dalton Highway between MP 311.7-314 (2.3 miles). Approximately 147,000 cy of temporary fill is proposed to be placed in 55.6 acres of waters of the U.S. for temporary stockpile areas, detour roads at culvert and bridge installation areas, and 35-foot wide temporary work areas adjacent to both sides of the highway. (Please note that equipment crossing of streams, and culvert and bridge installations, have been found to be generally consistent with the ACMP, via Generally Consistent Determinations 5 and 7. Additionally, the construction material for the project would come from existing, state permitted material sites.)

Location:
Project sites are located between MP 260-321 of the Dalton Highway. The beginning of the project (MP 260) is located 85 miles north of Coldfoot, Alaska. Listed below is the location information for three material sites, a highway grade raise, and seven stream crossings for six culvert replacements and one new bridge:

• MP 261 (Conglomerate Quarry, material site): S15, T13S, R12E, UM; USGS Quad Philip Smith Mountains B4; Latitude 68.317994 N, Longitude 149.342294 W.
• MP 267 (Holden Creek, material site): S9,16, T12S, R12E, UM; USGS Quad Philip Smith Mountains B4; Latitude 68.323006 N, 149.352233 W.
• MP 269.6 (Tea Lake Outlet, first crossing - culvert replacement): S5, T12S, R12E, UM; USGS Quad Philip Smith Mountains B4; Latitude 68.430817 N, Longitude 149.361989 W.
• MP 270 (Tea Lake Outlet, second crossing - culvert replacement): S5, T12S, R12E, UM; USGS Quad Philip Smith Mountains B4; Latitude 68.437183 N, Longitdue 149.367753 W.
• MP 290.6 (Imnavait Creek - culvert replacement): S20,21, T9S, R12E, UM; USGS Quad Philip Smith Mountains C4; Latitude 68.641961 N, Longitude 149.341767 W.
• MP 291.4 (Toolik River - culvert replacement): S21, T9S, R12E, UM; USGS Quad Philip Smith Mountains C4; Latitude 68.646803 N, Longitude 149.319556 W.
• MP 297.8 (Obsrukuyik Creek, first crossing - culvert replacement): S4, T9S, R13E, UM; USGS Quad Philip Smith Mountains C4; Latitude 68.686956 N, Longitude 149.095125 W.
• MP 305.6 (Sag River, material site): S8, T8S, R14E, UM; USGS Quad Philip Smith Mountains D4; Latitude 68.761017 N, Longitude 148.844875 W.
• MP 311.7 - 314 (Sag River floodplain - highway grade raise): S5,8,9,16, T7S, R14E, UM; USGS Quad Philip Smith Mountains D4; Latitude 68.856853 N, Longitude 148.834083 W.
• MP 313.7 (Oksrukkuyik Creek, second crossing - new bridge): S5, T7S, R14E, UM; USGS Quad Philip Smith Mountains D4; Latitude 68.867131 N, Longiude 148.848344 W.
• MP 320.6 (Gustafson Gulch - culvert replacement) S32, T5S, R14E, UM, S5, T6S, R14E, UM; USGS Quad Philip Smith Mountains D4; Latitude 68.960322 N, Longitude 148.859944 W.

For your information:
Individuals with disabilities who may need auxiliary aids, services, or special modifications to participate in this review may contact the DCOM review staff at the above address.

Public notice posted at the Bettles Field, Anaktuvik Pass, and Stevens Village Post Offices, and on the ACMP web site on February 9, 2009. A complete copy of the project packet is available for review and copying on the DNR ftp site at: ftp://ftp.dnr.state.ak.us/dcom/ADOTPF_DaltonHighwayImprovements/.